BTC options worth $1.26 billion will expire today, with the biggest pain point at $64,000

BlockBeats news, on October 18, Greeks.live researcher Adam posted on social media:

11,000 BTC options expired, Put Call Ratio was 0.78, the maximum pain point was $64,000, and the nominal value was $1.26 billion;

138,000 ETH options expired, Put Call Ratio was 0.61, the maximum pain point was $2,500, and the nominal value was $360 million.

Bitcoin rebounded significantly this week, while Ethereum's rebound was relatively weak. This week, the Ethereum option expiration position was less than 30% of Bitcoin. From the perspective of implied volatility, ETH's at-the-money option IV for about one month was only 4% higher than BTC, and it continued to decline.